Mawaja Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Mawaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Mawaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mawaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mawaja is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mawaja.
How Common Is The Last Name Mawaja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mawaja is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Mawaja is primarily found in Africa, where 57 percent of Mawaja reside; 29 percent reside in Central Africa and 29 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 50 percent live and Northwest Region, where 50 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 14 percent live and Malawi, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mawaja
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis